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Race migrations [electronic resource] : Latinos and the cultural transformation of race / Wendy D. Roth.

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In this groundbreaking study of Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to the United States, Wendy D. Roth explores the influence of migration on changing cultural conceptions of race--for the newcomers, for their host society, and for those who remain in the countries left behind. Just as migrants ca...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Roth, Wendy D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Race identity.
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions.
Dominican Americans > Race identity.
Puerto Ricans > Race identity > United States.
Race > Social aspects > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Dominican Republic > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Puerto Rico > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity.
Dominican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Race > Social aspects.
Dominican Republic.
Puerto Rico.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. How Immigration Changes Concepts of Race; 2. Beyond the Continuum: Race in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico; 3. Migrant Schemas: Race in the United States; 4. Transnational Diffusion; 5. Multiple Forms of Racial Stratification; 6. Performing Race Strategically; 7. Is Latino Becoming a Race? : Cultural Change and Classifications; Appendix: Notes on Methodology; Notes; Index.

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